The main syntactic pattern for the use of adjectives is that they follow the noun that they modify. As a general rule, adjectives usually consist of a radical and a suffix, or else a doubled radical. The suffixes used to form adjectives include:

• པོ་ Positive
• པ་ Comparative
• ཤོས་ Superlative and intensive
• པ་ལ་ Admirative
• དྲགས་ Excessive
• ཙམ་ Attenuative
• ཐག་ཆོད་ or སའི་ Intensives
• ལོས་ Interrogative
• Various expressive suffixes

For a complete treatment of adjectives, see the “Adjectives and Adjectival Phrases” section of this Reference Grammar. (xxlink)